2007 CHEVROLET COLORADO audio

Radio with Six-Disc CD
Radio Data System (RDS)
The audio system has a Radio Data System (RDS).
RDS features are available for use only on FM
stations that broadcast RDS information.With RDS, the radio can do the following:
Seek to stations broadcasting the selected
type of programming
Receive announcements concerning local
and national emergencies
Display messages from radio stations
Seek to stations with traffic announcements
This system relies upon receiving specic
information from these stations and only works
when the information is available. In rare cases,
a radio station can broadcast incorrect information
that causes the radio features to work improperly.
If this happens, contact the radio station.
While the radio is tuned to an RDS station, the
station name or call letters display instead of
the frequency. RDS stations can also provide the
time of day, a program type (PTY) for current
programming, and the name of the program
being broadcast.
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XM™ Satellite Radio Service
XM™ is a satellite radio service that is based in
the 48 contiguous United States and Canada.
XM™ offers a large variety of coast-to-coast
channels including music, news, sports, talk,
traffic/weather (U.S. subscribers), and children’s
programming. XM™ provides digital quality
audio and text information that includes song
title and artist name. A service fee is required
in order to receive the XM™ service. For more
information, contact XM™; In the U.S. at
www.xmradio.com or call 1-800-852-XMXM (9696)
or in Canada at www.xmradio.ca or call
1-877-GET-XMSR (438-9677).
Playing the Radio
PWR (Power):Push this knob to turn the
system on and off.
oVOLUMEp:Turn this knob clockwise or
counterclockwise to increase or to decrease
the volume.
INFO (Information) (XM™ Satellite Radio
Service and RDS Features):When the ignition
is off, press this knob to display the time.Press the INFO button to display additional text
information related to the current FM-RDS or XM™
station. A choice of additional information such
as: Channel, Song, Artist, and PTY (program type)
may appear. Continue pressing the information
button to highlight the desired label, and the
information about that label displays.
When information is not available, No Info
displays.
To change the default on the display, press the
INFO knob until you see the desired display, then
press and hold the knob until a beep sounds.
The selected display becomes the default.
AUTO VOL (Automatic Volume):With automatic
volume, the audio system adjusts automatically
to make up for road and wind noise as you
drive by increasing the volume as vehicle speed
increases.
Set the volume at the desired level. Press this
button to select MIN (minimum), MED (medium),
or MAX. AUTO VOL (maximum automatic volume)
displays. Each higher setting provides more
volume compensation at faster vehicle speeds.
To turn automatic volume off, press this button
until AUTO VOL OFF displays.
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To store an equalization setting to a preset station
perform the following:
1. Tune to the preset station.
2. Press and release the AUTO EQ button to
select the equalization setting.
Once the equalization no longer displays,
the equalization is set for that preset station.
3. To resave the preset, press and hold
the preset button until a beep sounds.
Setting the Tone
(Bass/Midrange/Treble)
AUDIO:Push and release the AUDIO knob until
BASS, MID, or TREB displays. Turn the knob
to increase or to decrease. The display shows the
bass, midrange, or treble level. If a station is
weak or has static, decrease the treble.
To adjust the bass, midrange, and treble to the
middle position, push and hold the AUDIO knob.
The radio produces one beep and adjusts the
display level to the middle position.To adjust all tone and speaker controls to the
middle position, push and hold the AUDIO knob
when no tone or speaker controls are displayed.
ALL CENTERED displays and a beep sounds.
AUTO EQ (Automatic Equalization):Press this
button to select customized equalization settings
designed for country/western, jazz, talk, pop, rock,
and classical.
To return to the manual mode, press the AUTO
EQ button until CUSTOM displays. Then manually
adjust the bass, midrange, and treble using the
AUDIO knob.Adjusting the Speakers (Balance/Fade)
AUDIO:To adjust the balance between the
right and the left speakers, push and release the
AUDIO knob until BAL displays. Turn the knob
to move the sound toward the right or the
left speakers.
To adjust the fade between the front and rear
speakers, push and release the AUDIO knob until
FAD displays. Turn the knob to move the sound
toward the front or the rear speakers.
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The fade feature might not be available on all
radio systems.
To adjust the balance or fade to the middle
position, push and hold the AUDIO knob while
BAL or FAD is displayed. The radio produces
one beep and adjusts the display level to
the middle position.
To adjust all tone and speaker controls to the
middle position, push and hold the AUDIO knob
while no tone or speaker controls are displayed.
ALL CENTERED displays and a beep sounds.
Finding a Program Type (PTY)
Station (RDS and XM™)
To select and nd a desired PTY perform the
following:
1. Press the TYPE button to activate program
type select mode. P-TYPE and the last
selected PTY displays.
2. Turn the TYPE knob or press and release
the TYPE button to select a PTY.
3. Once the desired PTY is displayed, press
either the SEEK or TYPE arrows to select
and to take you to the PTY’s rst station.4. To cancel the seek, press any of the SEEK
or TYPE arrows. This also exits the program
type seek mode and returns to the last
tuned station.
SCAN:Scan the stations within a PTY by
performing the following:
1. Press the TYPE button to activate program
type select mode. P-TYPE and the last
selected PTY displays.
2. Turn the TYPE knob or press and release
the TYPE button to select a PTY.
3. Once the desired PTY is displayed, press
and hold either the SEEK or TYPE arrows
for two seconds, and the radio begins
scanning the stations in the PTY.
4. Press either the SEEK or TYPE arrows
to stop scanning.
BAND (Alternate Frequency):Alternate
frequency allows the radio to switch to a stronger
station with the same program type. To turn
alternate frequency on, press and hold BAND
for two seconds. AF ON displays. The radio can
switch to stations with a stronger frequency.
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Radio Messages
CAL ERR (Calibration Error):The audio system
has been calibrated for your vehicle from the
factory. If CAL ERR displays, it means that the
radio has not been congured properly for
the vehicle and must be returned to your
dealer/retailer for service.
LOCKED:This message is displayed when
the THEFTLOCK
®system has locked up. Take
the vehicle to your dealer/retailer for service.
If any error occurs repeatedly, or if an error
cannot be corrected, contact your dealer/retailer.
Radio Messages for XM™ Only
SeeXM Radio Messages on page 240later in
this section for further detail.
Playing a CD
If the ignition or radio is turned off, with a CD
in the player, it stays in the player. When
the ignition or radio is turned on, the CD starts
playing where it stopped, if it was the last
selected audio source.When a CD is inserted, the CD symbol displays.
As each new track starts to play, the track number
displays.
The CD player can play the smaller 3 inch (8 cm)
single CDs with an adapter ring. Full-size CDs
and the smaller CDs are loaded in the same
manner.
If playing a CD-R, the sound quality can be
reduced due to CD-R quality, the method of
recording, the quality of the music that has been
recorded, and the way the CD-R has been
handled. There can be an increase in skipping,
difficulty in nding tracks, and/or difficulty in loading
and ejecting. If these problems occur, check
the bottom surface of the CD. If the surface of
the CD is damaged, such as cracked, broken,
or scratched, the CD does not play properly.
If the surface of the CD is soiled, seeCare of
Your CDs on page 243for more information.
If there is no apparent damage, try a known
good CD.
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CD Messages
CHECK CD:If this message displays and/or
the CD comes out, it could be for one of the
following reasons:
It is very hot. When the temperature returns
to normal, the CD should play.
You are driving on a very rough road.
When the road becomes smoother,
the CD should play.
The CD is dirty, scratched, wet,
or upside down.
The air is very humid. If so, wait about
an hour and try again.
There could have been a problem while
burning the CD.
The label could be caught in the CD player.
If the CD is not playing correctly, for any
other reason, try a known good CD.
If any error occurs repeatedly or if an error cannot
be corrected, contact your dealer/retailer. If the
radio displays an error message, write it down and
provide it to your dealer/retailer when reporting
the problem.
Using an MP3
MP3 CD-R Disc
MP3 Format
If you burn your own MP3 disc on a personal
computer:
Make sure the MP3 les are recorded on a
CD-R disc.
Do not mix standard audio and MP3 les
on one disc.
Make sure playlists have a .mp3 or .wpl
extension, other le extensions might not work.
Files can be recorded with a variety of xed
or variable bit rates. Song title, artist name,
and album are displayed by the radio when
recorded using ID3 tags version 1 and 2.
Create a folder structure that makes it easy
to nd songs while driving. Organize songs
by albums using one folder for each album.
Each folder or album should contain 18 songs
or less.
Make sure to nalize the disc when burning an
MP3 disc, using multiple sessions. It is usually
better to burn the disc all at once.
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The player is able to read and play a maximum of
50 folders, 50 playlists, 10 sessions, and 255 les.
Long le names, folder names, or playlist names
may use more disc memory space than necessary.
To conserve space on the disc, minimize the length
of the le, folder, or playlist names. You can also
play an MP3 CD-R that was recorded using no le
folders. The system can support up to 11 folders in
depth, though, keep the depth of the folders to a
minimum in order to keep down the complexity
and confusion in trying to locate a particular folder
during playback. If a CD contains more than the
maximum of 50 folders, 50 playlists, 10 sessions,
and 255 les the player lets you access and
navigate up to the maximum, but all items over
the maximum are played.
Root Directory
The root directory is treated as a folder. If the root
directory has compressed audio les, the directory
displays as F1 ROOT. All les contained directly
under the root directory are accessed prior to any
root directory folders. However, playlists (Px) are
always accessed before root folders or les.
Empty Directory or Folder
If a root directory or a folder exists somewhere
in the le structure that contains only folders/
subfolders and no compressed les directly
beneath them, the player advances to the next
folder in the le structure that contains compressed
audio les. The empty folder does not display.
No Folder
When the CD contains only compressed les,
the les are located under the root folder. The next
and previous folder functions have no function on a
CD that was recorded without folders or playlists.
When displaying the name of the folder the radio
displays ROOT.
When the CD contains only playlists and
compressed audio les, but no folders, all les
are located under the root folder. The folder down
and the folder up buttons search playlists (Px)
rst and then go to the root folder. When the
radio displays the name of the folder, the radio
displays ROOT.
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Order of Play
Tracks are played in the following order:
Play begins from the rst track in the
rst playlist and continues sequentially
through all tracks in each playlist. When
the last track of the last playlist has played,
play continues from the rst track of the
rst playlist.
If the CD does not contain any playlists,
then play begins from the rst track under
the root directory. When all tracks from
the root directory have played, play continues
from les according to their numerical
listing. After playing the last track from the
last folder, play begins again at the rst track
of the rst folder or root directory.
When play enters a new folder, the display
does not automatically show the new folder
name unless you have chosen the folder mode
as the default display. See DISPL (display) later
in this section for more information. The new
track name displays.
File System and Naming
The song name that displays is the song name
that is contained in the ID3 tag. If the song
name is not present in the ID3 tag, then the
radio displays the le name without the extension
(such as .mp3) as the track name.
Track names longer than 32 characters or
four pages are shortened. Parts of words on
the last page of text and the extension of
the lename does not display.
Preprogrammed Playlists
Preprogrammed playlists which were created by
WinAmp™, MusicMatch™, or Real Jukebox™
software can be accessed, however, they cannot
be edited. These playlists are treated as special
folders containing compressed audio song les.
Playing an MP3
Insert a CD partway into the slot, label side up.
The player pulls it in, and READING displays.
The CD should begin playing and the CD symbol
displays. If you want to insert a CD with the
ignition off, rst press the
Zbutton or the
DISPL knob.
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